Was there ever a conclusion to the dead coworker of his?

Is there an official report that absolutely exonerates him?

Not help the cause, it only hurts the hard working owners.

aka the white man's favorite pastime, watching black guys in armor knock the crap out of each other.

It shall not be sullied!

some upstanding SWAT members brandishing M4s starting some of those fires you may want to update your single talking point.

I would also prefer my sons not have targets on them simply because of their skin tone.

So your point is?

The peaceful protesters were not responsible for burning the businesses. If I owned one of those businesses myself, the peaceful protesters would still not be responsible. If my life's work was ruined and my dog died, the peaceful protesters would still not be responsible.

You seem to be saying that nobody has a right to protest because it might provide cover for others to make mischief in the confusion. But that's like saying the entire internet should be censored lest a five year old somewhere see one dirty word. It's a completely disingenuous argument.

What crime did the business owners do to warrant having their business destroyed. If you have difficulty having compassion for the business owners then why should you expect any results from anyone protesting.

secured. Where's the outrage?

no one except those actually doing the burning.

I'm gone from this thread.

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And it does not matter who is burning buildings.

I believe every minority should carry a gun to defend himself when he becomes afraid or feel threatened by a white person..... jeeze.

At least they don't riot and destroy shit because their team won or lost!

It certainly wasn't a flash bang grenade. Also, there were so many cameras out those nights that if they were setting fire to all those buildings along the avenue, someone would have caught it in much greater detail than a happenstance camera panning across the action.

People were watching the police like crazy during these events, and it stretches credibility that the only piece of evidence is this brief little pan.
Additionally, others looking into this have found images of the vehicle still in the parking lot, unburned beside the burned out store.

The point is that this video, which is the only one I know of that purports to show police setting fires, is probably a lie, reduces the ability of people seeking to promote a positive change in the current state of police practices, and only makes the chance of progress even more remote.

You posted the link in response to the statement "Have to agree with Joe on the burning and looting of business in the area, it does not help the cause, it only hurts the hard working owners." as proof that the cops were the ones doing the burning.

That image of the unburned truck in the parking lot shows that your response is based on a false premise.

My position is that there has yet to be any proof that cops did the burning and that the riots just harden the stance of those who blindly support the police. I personally think the whole system is inherently broken and that the FBI should be investigating MO police practices all the way to the state capitol.

But that will never happen if people think those who are complaining are bunch of intentionally ignorant doofuses who lack the sense to avoid defecating in their own beds.

It's much like our noting that Republicans are too stupid to lead because they are lousy spellers, as evidenced in their protest signs. A right winger sees that video and the thoughtless responses to it and thinks, liberals are too stupid to judge police because they can't even tell the difference between a burned car, an unburned car and an empty parking lot.

Your misguided insistence that the video is proof of cops setting fires makes us all look bad and consequently makes it that much easier for people to dismiss our real grievances.

And people wonder why we can't make any progress.

For those of us who've known about police provocateurs already, this is sadly unsurprising.

More people should know. Information stamps out hostile ignorance and wildly stupid belligerence which we've seen in abundance here already.

I think that was done by outside agitators, perhaps aided by local psychopaths, but we don't know, because the police, for all their number, don't want to do anything about it.

To say that arson and theft doesn't help the cause, requires a presumption that there is that intent. Obviously, it's a non-sequitur.

--imm

are doing everything humanly possible to keep things peaceful.

I have seen video of Police setting the fires

How right you are

Welcome to D.U., DMay.

This has been happening a very long time, unfortunately. Sad.

arbitrary use of deadly force on minority citizens is.........

you can only push people so far and they do things like that. Frustration and anger work themselves out -- often in ways some people sitting on the sidelines find unacceptable.

Maybe if you saw your teenage kid arrested 15 or 20 times for doing nothing, you'd have a different view.

because he can't act like anything but an ass.

promote the Republicans. They had one of the very best in Keith Olberman and let him go. I feel soon they may find reason to take out Rachel Maddow. I do not watch Scarred Joe. Our country has become the ones who have the money to buy our president.

He quit congress before that dead intern problem was resolved I think!

the those Rams players stuck it in the eye of many who were watching and have continually given that bullshit about property being more important and worthy of condemnation than executions of unarmed black males in the streets, parks and stores. I applaud their action to the high heavens. Who said they couldn't be political. Fuck joseph scaronthefaceofamerikkka.

Those players know what's going on. Black lives matter.

I refuse to ever watch him. Sickens me.

Then QUIT, you right wing hypocrite and go back to Florida and get a show with Rush Limburger, you two would be just grand together spewing your hate a fear, then you can say whatever you want and then you can loose commercial contracts just like Limburger and then go completely off the air.

It should read:
Joe Scarborough, wrong, on "Morning Joe."

Why is Joe even on the air?

way around and all he did was rub salt in the wounds. He added no value to a situation/solution many black people endure in this country. Bottom line, it was stupid and inflammatory IMO!

Now, muddy his ability to watch the gladiators and someone must answer!

that were worn out or damaged in the protest areas so they could get insurance money from fires and other damage to buy new ones. He says it's SOP.

What a tool.

We were waiting so long!

Come on sing along .

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why did he keep saying over and over again Brown knocked over a convenience store?